First lot of medical equipment donations from the Jack Ma & Alibaba Foundation arrive Nepal

With the entire world struggling to battle against the recent outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the situation seemingly doesn't have an end date yet. The initial epicenter of the outbreak - Wuhan, China has been a paragon of hope to the entire world. That's because the situation there has been controlled to the point where the city health officials have declared the risk level of the pandemic from "high" to "medium". However, it's still wreaking havoc across other parts of the world. Italy, which has the world's second-best healthcare system, and the USA - who was deemed the most prepared to deal with a pandemic, are overrun with patients. It's scary times - not gonna lie.

What would happen to Nepal?

Now let's imagine what would happen if the virus spread in Nepal at the same rate as in the aforementioned countries. Our healthcare system is nowhere near capable of dealing with an epidemic of such magnitude. That's just how it is. Lack of adequate healthcare officials, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) kits, and the overall incompetent infrastructure means COVID-19 would absolutely cripple our country if not contained. So, I hope every single one of us is doing our absolute best in minimizing the spread of the virus.

Social distancing? → Practice it! Hands? → Frequently wash it! other preventive measures? → just do it!

Jack Ma Foundation, Alibaba Foundation assists!

Well, times like these are when the big corporates should step in and help out in any way they can. And one (or in this case, two) such two philanthropic organizations helping Nepal with medical equipment in the case of the COVID-19 crisis are the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation. Nepal is one of the 23 Asian countries (and other regions) to receive the essential medical supplies by these two foundations.

this delivery to Nepal is a part of the donation of medical supplies to 10 Asian countries including a total of 1.8 million masks, 210,000 testing kits, and 36,000 protective clothing.

Mr. Lino Ahlering (Daraz Nepal, MD) and Ms. Hou Yanqi (Ambassador of the People's Republic of China for Nepal) were present in the brief ceremony of handing out the contributions to Mr. Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal (Minister for Health and Population, Nepal).

Thank you!

“We hope this donation will help Nepal contain the spread of COVID-19. We are making our best effort to support the global community. It is not easy to source and transport medical supplies to where it is needed the most, but we are working hard to get it done,” said the Jack Ma Foundation.